Women's Ice Hockey

Women's Ice Hockey Announces the Class of 2014

Jun 14, 2010

Providence, RI – Head coach Digit Murphy recently
announced the Brown women's ice hockey Class of 2014,
consisting of seven promising players, including three forwards,
three defensemen, and one goalie. The newcomers will join
with last season's promising freshman class to give the Bears
an exciting young core, which could return Brown to the upper
echelon of the ECAC Hockey League.

Aubree Moore is a goalie from Bowie, Maryland, who will team
with sophomore Katie Jamieson to give Brown arguably the best
goalkeeping tandem in the league. Moore, a graduate of Cedar
Brook Academy, attended the USA Hockey National Development Camp in
both 2008 and 2009, and was a member of the silver medal-winning
Under-18 Women's National Team. While playing for the
Washington Pride club team in 2009-10, she played in 44 games,
allowing just 2.66 goals per contest and recording eight
shutouts.

A defenseman from Mahwah, New Jersey, Kelly Kittredge will join
the blue liners for the Bears. After attending Mahwah High
School during her freshman season, Kittredge moved to the North
American Hockey Academy for the next three years. There, she
helped lead her team to the NAPHA title as a sophomore, and the
JWHL crown as a junior, when she also served as an assistant
captain. Kittredge also received both the Most Improved
Player honor and the Coaches Award while at the NAHA.

Also on defense will be Jessica Hoyle, a graduate of Havergal
College in Ontario. Hoyle spent the 2009-10 season with the
Mississauga Junior Chiefs, helping lead the team to the PWHL
regular season championship. The Junior Chiefs were also the
bronze medalists in the Ontario Provincials, compiling an overall
record of 81-7-4. In those 92 games, Hoyle recorded 25 goals
and 40 assists for a total of 65 points. She also played for
four seasons at Havergal, including serving as an assistant captain
during her senior year.

The final addition to the back line for the Bears will be
Ottawa's Jennifer Nedow, who appeared last season for the
Ottawa Senators Junior AA women's team. Nedow also
served as a captain in both ice hockey and volleyball during her
senior year of high school, and was a four-sport varsity
letterwinner, including basketball, where she was the senior
division Rookie of the Year in 2007-08.

Vanessa Welten, a forward from Crysler, Ontario, will help carry
the scoring load for Brown this season. In 2009-10, Welten
played with Team Ontario U-18, which she helped lead to a silver
medal at the national championships. She was also a two-year
captain of her high school squad, which she guided to six
consecutive ODWHA League Championships. Welten was named the
Female Athlete of the Year in both 2009 and 2010, and was the
Academic Athlete of the Year each season from 2007-10.

Also joining the forwards will be Emilie Dolan, of Montreal
West, Quebec. Dolan attended the North American Hockey
Academy from 2007-08, where she had the opportunity to play with
some of the best players in Canada and the US. She then moved
to John Abbott College in 2008-09, where she was named captain in
her rookie season. While there, Dolan was a 2009 All-Star
selection in Collegial AA, and was named the John Abbott
women's hockey MVP. Last season, she attended the
Ontario Hockey Academy.

Samantha Woodward, a forward from Lexington, Massachusetts, will
bring an impressive scoring touch to the ice for Brown, coming off
a high school career in which she scored 104 points.
Woodward, a four-year member of the USA Hockey player development
camp, helped lead her Assabet Valley club team to the USA Hockey
National Championship in 2010. She was also the captain of
her Lexington High School squad, and was a three-time team
MVP. In recognition of her play, Woodward was named the
Outstanding Female Athlete at Lexington, and was the Middlesex
League Co-MVP.